Libya ranked 143 out of 180 in the RSF Freedom of Media Index for 2024
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

Libya ranked 143 out of 180 in the RSF Freedom of Media Index for 2024

Libya is ranked 143 out of 180 in the RSF Freedom of Media Index for 2024. It is six places up from last year’s ranking of 149. Eritrea is ranked 180...

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UNSMIL deeply concerned by arbitrary arrest and detention of journalist Ahmed Senussi - local and international condemnation also call for his release
Jul 13 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL deeply concerned by arbitrary arrest and detention of journalist Ahmed Senussi - local and international condemnation also call for his release

UNSMIL said today that it is ‘‘deeply concerned by the arbitrary arrest and detention of popular journalist and regular government critic Ahmed Senuss...

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Feb 28 Sami Zaptia

Pro Qaddafi TV channel journalist released in Tripoli after 60 hour disappearance

By Sami Zaptia.(Photo MFA).London, 28 February 2021:Journalist, Ziad Al-Wirfaly, was released today after disappearing for 60 hours. Al-Wirfaly had be...

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Widespread domestic and international condemnation of 15-year prison sentence handed to journalist by eastern Libya military court
Aug 3 Sami Zaptia

Widespread domestic and international condemnation of 15-year prison sentence handed to journalist by eastern Libya military court

By Sami Zaptia.London, 3 August 2020:There has been widespread condemnation of the 15-year prison sentence handed to Libyan photojournalist Ismail Abu...

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RSF calls for Eastern Libya media ban on 11 TV channels to be lifted
Jul 18 Sami Zaptia

RSF calls for Eastern Libya media ban on 11 TV channels to be lifted

By Sami Zaptia.London, 18 July 2019:International NGO, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), yesteday called on the Libyan Interim Government based in East...

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Reporters Without Borders ask Haftar to shed light on fate of two missing Libya Al-Ahrar journalists
May 21 Sami Zaptia

Reporters Without Borders ask Haftar to shed light on fate of two missing Libya Al-Ahrar journalists

By Sami Zaptia.London, 21 May 2019:The international NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yesterday called on Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan N...

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Photojournalist killed in Tripoli militia fighting
Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

Photojournalist killed in Tripoli militia fighting

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 January 2019:Libyan freelance Associated Press (AP) photojournalist Mohamed Ben Khalifa died today covering the south Tripol...

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Seven years on from 17th February revolution, Libya still losing its journalists: RSF
Feb 16 Sami Zaptia

Seven years on from 17th February revolution, Libya still losing its journalists: RSF

By Sami Zaptia.London, 16 February 2018: On the eve of the seventh anniversary of Libya's 17th February Revolution, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ha...

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Libyan writers push authorities to help author Gawairi
Dec 20 Michel Cousins

Libyan writers push authorities to help author Gawairi

By Jamal Adel.Khartoum, 20 December 2017:Writers, civil activists and bloggers have expressed concern about the health of prominent Libyan writer Yuse...

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Oct 10 Michel Cousins

Six Libyan journalists released by the LNA in south

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 10 October 2017:Six journalists were released this evening after being arrested by the Libyan National Army in Hun yesterday mo...

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